With due consideration towards Tata Steel’s initiative to reducing carbon footprint, a 3 MW solar PV power plant has been commissioned at Noamundi - the first in any iron ore mine in the country. The project, covering 19 acres of land, was executed by Tata Power Solar and will help reduce CO2 emission by about 3,000 tonnes p.a.

ArcelorMittal which had entered into a pact with Karnataka for setting up a 6 million tonne steel plant with a captive 750 MW power plant, may go ahead and set up a solar farm first, on land allotted to it for the proposed project.

For a continuous process plant like an integrated steel plant, reliability and quality of power is very important. The quality of power is generally defined by the voltage variation, frequency variation, and number and duration of interruption.

The Mines Ministry has written to the Finance Ministry to propose scrapping a 10 per cent export duty on low-quality iron ore from Goa, an official said, as miners urge the government to help boost sales amid a sharp fall in prices

Steel and Mines Minister Narendra Singh Tomar has asked Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis to identify more mines for auction. Tomar met Fadnavis on the sidelines of the ´Make in India Week´ in Mumbai and discussed issues related to steel and mines sector in the state, the Mines Ministry shared.

Sesa Iron Ore, a subsidiary of Vedanta Resources Inc, opened its second mining lease in the Goa to utilise its full annual production allowance of 5.5 mn tonne While Sesa had resumed work at its Codli mining site earlier, it recently opened its Bicholim mining lease, both of which are the largest mining leases in the state.